China’s backflipping robot maker Unitree pops 542% in Shanghai debut
Retail investors bid more than 8,000 times the shares on offer as Unitree raised 6.1 billion yuan and became mainland China’s first listed humanoid robot maker.
- On Wednesday, Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut, with shares jumping 629% to 1,100 yuan from the 150.8 yuan IPO price as hundreds of companies gathered for the World Robot Conference in Beijing.
- China claims more than 90 percent of the humanoid market, leveraging manufacturing scale and supply chain integration; the United States is "much stronger" on software and cutting-edge research, said Counterpoint Research's Ethan Qi.
- At the Hangzhou Robot School, Deputy Director Zhao Han noted the institute aims to bridge expertise gaps "to move towards real-world application," issuing certifications "much like a human's graduation certificate" for robots trained in specific roles.
- Crypto traders on Hyperliquid had priced Unitree shares around $92 to $94 last week, implying a $38 billion valuation; the public market cleared significantly higher, with the first trade valuing the company at $66 billion.
- "The challenge goes way beyond just putting AI into a robot," warned Omdia analyst Lian Jye Su, as the company prospectus acknowledges large-scale deployment "still faces uncertainty, with a risk that progress will fall short of expectations.
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The Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree has successfully launched the stock market.
Behind this enthusiasm there is not a box full of promises, but industrial numbers with a real foundation: in 2025 Unitree shipped over 5,500 humanoid robots to the world, becoming the world's leading manufacturer for delivered units
They practice sports, collect garbage or fold clothes. Unitree Robotics robots become a new victim of the stock exchange fever through which artificial intelligence passes and stocks skyrocket by 460 percent at their stock market premiere in Shanghai, after the company raised 6,100 million yuan (904 million dollars) in an initial public bid (OPI), although it has reached a peak of 629%, up to 1,100 million yuan from its stock exchange price of 1…
In its stock market debut the shares of the Chinese company, leader in robotics, increased by 460% on the initial value
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